Alphabetology II
Yet more on the new science of
Alphabetology.
The subconscious picks words based on the
occurrence of letters in the words that more
naturally accord with your personality. If you
are a blend-in-with-the-crowd guy, you would shy
away from using a lot of x's. If you are perhaps
narcissistic, you might overuse i's. If you are
an outdoorsy type, there may be a propensity
towards r's. And so forth.
The Letters, continued...
| S |
| Much as I hate to come down on my own
initials, the S is not to be trusted. It is a
stealthy and duplicitous letter. Shush and snake
and hiss are all the essence of s. If you make a
long ssssss sound, it is a universally mean,
unpleasant sound. |
| Overusing the s shows a personality not to
be wary of. You probably do not mean to
broadcast it, but cannot help yourself. You get
things done, but a lot of people are left
unhappy about how it happened. |
| A certain amount of s'ing is required in
life, however. Underusing the s suggests you may
be ineffectual because you are unwilling to make
the small shortcuts. Is a pious or
letter-of-the-law morality holding you back?
| |
| D |
| The D is an awkward and self-conscious
letter. It knows that it should not be at the
front of the alphabet, that it really has not
earned that position. But some weird lottery
thrust greatness upon the D, so there you go.
But the d is not really comfortable with that
level of responsibility. |
| Overusing the d shows that you are
uncomfortable with your place in life and feel
undeserving of the graces visited on you.
Perhaps it is limiting you from pursuing further
greatness. Or maybe Hugh Hefner really is the
luckiest bastard alive. |
| Underusing the d shows that you are
confident and assured about your place in life.
It may be ego, but you are not plagued by any
doubts about whether you are making too much
money or have too much responsibility or are not
pretty enough for your girl.
| | |
| H |
| Your H is a happy follower and team player.
It is a compliant letter who sees the value in
support that understand that big things only get
done with a group effort. |
| Overusing the h shows a preference for
secondary roles in life. In a relationship you
are the feeder rather than the consumer most of
the time. The soldiers in the front lines are
always the first to die, and you would just as
soon not be there. |
| Underusing the h shows a bit of an aversion
to working in a group. You like being on your
own and may have issues with authority. Maybe
groups can achieve greater scopes, but the light
bulb was not invented by committee.
| | |
| L |
| Ah, the L is a pessimistic letter. It is a
smart but dour consonant. Stuck in the middle of
the alphabet, seeing reasonably wide use, it
does not necessarily like what it sees. It
counters a continuous low-level depression by
hanging out with other consonants whenever
possible. It feels lonely when stranded alone in
words. |
| If you are overusing the l, there are areas
of your life that you are not happy about. This
is not the rainy day stuff, this is chronic
long-term dragging-you-under stuff. It is hard
to examine your L issues, but the alternative is
a life of L overuse. |
| Underusing the l shows that your major life
demons are pretty well put to bed at this point.
Everyone has some issues prompting a certain
level of l's, but not you today. You are in a
good and secure place, ya lucky git.
| | |
| C |
| The C is uncertain about what it is as a
letter. It does not have a really full concept
of self. It admires other letters, and spends a
lot of time borrowing their characteristics. Why
the C wants to be like an S or K, not two of the
best letters, is a mystery, but there it is.
|
| Overusing the C shows an imitative nature.
Maybe you have found that emulating others works
best for you, like a protective camouflage. But
how do you decide what is the real you beneath
the facades? |
| Underusing the C indicates an aversion to
putting on masks. Do you hate Halloween? (I
could just never think of costumes.) Would you
sacrifice getting along with others to avoid
compromising your purity of self?
| | |
| F |
| The F is a bit insecure, suffering from
little brother syndrome. It is dwarfed by the G,
and feels derivative of the much-better-liked E.
It is a little bitter that it does not receive
props for retaining consistency across cases.
|
| If you are an f overuser, you are a bit
whingy and dissatisfied about living in other
people's shadows. Your gifts and talents are
going unrecognized or are being credited to
others in your view. But at least you know who
you are and are proud of it. |
| Underusing the f is largely the realm of
only children and firstborns. Perhaps you feel a
certain sense of entitlement to your position in
life and may be demanding rewards before you
have earned them.
| | |
| P |
| The P is a fun-loving, easygoing letter.
Light-hearted and always up for some playful
pleasures, the P does not get caught up in
serious or weighty concerns of the other
letters. |
| Overuse the p and you might be too easygoing
for your own good. Are you passing up
opportunities because they required too much
serious engagement or work? Is your laissez
faire attitude towards life limiting how much
you engage your world? |
| Underusing the p are the very studious and
serious types. The kind who would not be caught
dead stomping in puddles after a storm. Sure you
have your eye on the prize, but what fun is a
life without Legos?
| | |
| U |
| The poor U spends most of its life being
taken advantage of. It is the poor stepchild of
the vowels and the most underused. It did not
want to be forced into the negative roll of
un-ing everything. But no one else would do it,
so the U got stuck with it, which is what
happens when you are as impressionable and
easily persuaded as the U. Good heart, though.
Helpful. |
| Overusing the U says that you get a lot of
stuff dumped on you that you might not have
chosen given your druthers. Maybe you are
getting good and important stuff done, but is it
your stuff? Are you passionate about your work?
|
| Underusing the U shows an aversion to being
forced into any work you do not want to do. You
have seen the people who get dumped on and know
that once the dumping begins it never ends, so
you are just never going to let yourself be put
on the spot.
| | |
| M |
| The M is a solid good fellow, your very
definition of the middle. It is half on either
side, right on the fence, easily seeing both
sides of an argument. As a result, it is a
little confused and muddled, preferring to let
other letters make the major decisions.
|
| Overusing the M indicates an unwillingness
to make your own decisions. Hmm..., you say,
waiting for someone to indicate a definitive
preference that you can live with. Are you
unsure or your own goals? Are they outdated and
you do not believe in them anymore? Or do you
just not want to be wrong? |
| Underusing the m is the purview of those who
always have an opinion. The right one. Those who
would disagree with you only need more education
and then they will no doubt come around. Should
you maybe be gathering more data, though?
| | |
| Y |
| The Y is a floater. It is a happy and
amenable letter despite not being a true member
of either the consonants or the vowels. It is
not a core letter, and got shunted down with the
slacker letters at the end of the alphabet, but
it is okay with that. There is a certain
confidence that comes with being able to mix
equally well with either group. |
| Negotiators overuse the y. You are
comfortable with any kind of person and can
blend skilfully into any situation to transact
your business. But perhaps you feel a little
groundless and wish you had someplace you could
truly call home, so to speak. |
| Underusing the y shows a somewhat passive
nature. You prefer not to act directly, and
sometimes may have difficulty blending with
others. To get things done, you often have to
resort to means other than people power.
| | |
| G |
| The G is a gracious fellow; measured,
hospitable, adaptable, jovial. I think of a
jolly innkeeper that you see in old English
movies when I think of the G. A warm and
inviting sort just there to see to your needs
without too much imposition of its own
personality. |
| Overusing the g are personalities who are
really taking the service model to heart. You
value providing for other people and working
with them to meet their needs. You have a
distinct and upbeat image, but you do not thrust
it on anyone. They can come to you or not, you
are happy either way. |
| Underusing the g may indicate a more limited
world-view. Family and close friends are
important to you, and you are happy to help them
out, because you know they are going to be there
for you in return. But you do not have such
implied reciprocation agreements in place with
the world at large, so they can look out for
themselves.
| | |
| W |
| The W is like a big friendly puppy dog. It
is conscious of its overuse of space and feels a
little clumsy because of it. In a perfect world,
it should be able to claim the twice the
elegance of the V, but it just does not work out
that way. So in its own slightly goofy way, it
strives to please. The W likes being liked.
|
| Overusing the w shows that you feel you may
be too clumsy or goofy in your interactions with
others. Are you worried that others do not take
you entirely seriously? But take comfort in the
fact that everyone wants to scratch your soft
little puppy belly and thinks your oversized
paws are just flat-out adorable. |
| Avoiding use of the W indicates a tightly
controlled nature. Afraid of not being taken
seriously, you strive to impress at all times
and avoid appearances of frivolity. But there is
a thin line between being grounded and being
staid.
| | |
| V |
| Ah, the V knows it is an elegant chap, and
is a bit pretentious and vain as a result. It
does not see itself as a part of the slacker end
of the alphabet (though everyone else does). It
thinks it is a 'special occasion letter' that
should only be employed in suitably regal
causes. The V hates the common usage and abuse
of 'very', which is fairness, really is abused.
|
| Overusing the v demonstrates a preening
nature. You just cannot get enough of those two
sharp lines coming down to meet. You cannot pass
a mirror without admiring what a fine specimen
you are. A healthy sense of self-appreciation is
not a terrible thing. As long as it is a healthy
sense, yes? |
| Underusing the v indicates that you are not
really appreciating your finer points. Maybe not
to call it a self-esteem problem, but for sure
you are not giving yourself full marks for all
the great things everyone else sees in you.
| | |
|
Oh my lord, I am still not done! I cannot
believe how many letters there are in the
alphabet. Whoever thought that twenty-six
distinct letters was a good idea? Surely we
could do better.
I have to apologize. This was an amusing
exercise for one day. Two was a stretch, and the
fact that I am not going to wrap up till
tomorrow is appalling. After you look up what I
think of the letters in your initials and your
first name, I cannot imagine why anyone would
care to suffer through this.
Yeesh. At least it will be over tomorrow and
we can get back to a regular life on Wednesday.
Twenty-three more days till I get on a plane to
come home.
|
